From CEEP. Archive of ERIC/EECE Digests. The Benefits of Mixed-Age Grouping:
Although humans are not usually born in litters, we seem to insist that they be educated in them. The time that children spend in groups in schools and child care centers, particularly for preschoolers, amounts to replacing families and spontaneous neighborhood groups as contexts for child-to-child interaction for large portions of children’s waking hours.
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